Assessment and advice to patients and carers for speech, language and communication.

What does the service provide?

Assessment and advice to patients and carers for speech, language, and communication for adults 

  • Assess and treat communication and swallowing difficulties in adults
  • Support adults and carers to adjust to life with communication and/or swallowing difficulties
  • Liaise with other health and social care professionals and charities to provide optimum care
  • Agree goals for therapy with the patient and family to maximise independence with swallowing and communication

The team have a particular focus on long-term conditions such as stroke, parkinson's, multiple sclerosis and motor neurone disease.

They can be contacted by phone on 01883 733891 or by emailing fchc.slt@nhs.net

How to refer

Oxted Therapies Unit, Oxted

Wayside clinic, Horley

Support for managing stammering

First Community's Adult Speech and Language Therapy team provide: 

  • 1:1 therapy to help people manage stammering
  • Group support
  • Signposting to other support.

Please contact your GP if you would like to be referred. 

Information about stammering

Stammering (also known as stuttering) is a difference in the way some people speak. Everyone's stammer is unique and everyone stammers differently. 

Did you know

  • 1% of adults stammer
  • Someone who stutters might repeat sounds or words e.g. My name is J-J-J-J-John
  • Someone who stutters might stretch or prolong sounds e.g. Can you read me a sssssstory?
  • Someone who stutters might silently block where a sound gets stuck e.g.  ---------- Can I have .
  • People who stammer are not nervous or anxious
  • People can stammer less on some days or in certain situations, and more in others
  • Lots of people find they stammer more when they are tired
  • Around 60% of people who stammer have a family member who stammers or used to stammer
  • Stammering often has a genetic link, meaning it can run in families.